Thursday, November 28, 2013

3rd Annual Recycle Brevard Festival - What a great event!

Despite threatening showers, the
festival came out great! It was our first year partnering with Parks &
Recreation and the Reusable Resources Adventure Center and we are really
pleased that this partnership proved to be a success.

Everyone loved the location, kids
enjoyed the activities we brought to them, and all families had a chance to
learn a lot from our wonderful exhibitors. They all had a good time!

All this would not have been
possible without each and every person and organization who supported and assisted us along the way, so we would like to THANK YOU very
much for being part of this festival.

Our sponsors believed and supported us,
so many thanks to them.

Special thanks go to our fantastic
guest speaker and exhibitor, River Grace,
and his family. It was wonderful to learn more about his award-winning research project -- “Rain Dance of the Radiata” -- and meet his very own radiata
tortoises.

Exhibitors and volunteers brought
this festival to life, and some of you, like Brevard County Solid Waste
Management Department, and EFSC (former BCC) Environmental Club, have been with us since our first year. Our many thanks go
to:

Brevard County Library System

Brevard County Solid Waste Management Department

Brevard Nature Alliance

Brevard Zoo

Eastern Florida Brevard Community College Environmental Club
of Melbourne

FIT Environmental Club

UF-IFAS Florida Master Gardeners

Friends of Children of Brevard

Friends of Viera Wetlands

Keep Brevard Beautiful

League of Women Voters of the Space Coast

Marine Resources Council

Pelican Beach Park clean-up team – The Shoda
family

Preserve Brevard

Space Coast Association for the Education of Young Children

Space Coast Early Intervention Center

The Green Marketplace

Thank
you also to the following organizations for contributing with materials for the
festival:

Anglers for Conservation

Brevard County Natural Resources Department

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Hubbs-Seaworld Research Institute

Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association

ORCA - Ocean Research & Conservation
Association

The Story of Stuff Project

Our many thanks also go to our volunteers
and organizations that helped us before and during the event:

The
RichterFamily who not only helped with everything at the festival but were also
responsible for the informative posters we had around the park

Viera
High School students

GFWC
Viera Woman’s Club volunteers led by my dear friend Noor Tawfik who helped at the event and kindly went to pick up donations for Friends of Children of Brevard

The
Green Marketplace that was a drop off location for gently used toys, clothes, and
shoes collected for Friends of Children of Brevard prior to the festival date

Thank you also to Taylored Photography for donating their time and talent to document the festival through beautiful pictures.

Thank you to Timmy Vee, our DJ from WA1A, who played great music and helped
announce and promote our activities throughout the festival.

A super thank you to Jasmine Longo who, even from a
distance, was able to help promote the festival online.

A very, very special thank
you goes out to Terry Mott who
helped organize the whole festival putting a lot of time and effort towards
it, contributing with great ideas, working on getting sponsors for the festival and being a sponsor herself.

And last, but not least, our deepest thanks to Marcia's family: daughter, Melissa Booth,
for being her inspiration and a great helper at the festival; to her husband, Stuart Booth, for supporting her and helping
her create this festival for the community.

Other Local Initiatives

Here are some reusable items you can FIND in our facility. Use this list as an example of items you may DONATE for reuse: artificial flo...

Facility Information

In the Recycle Bin

NOT in the recycle bin

Electronics

Say NO plastic straws

Refuse plastic

America Recycles Day

Pledge: A simple step that shows your commitment.

Recyclebank

Learn, Pledge, and Earn!

Recycle Brevard

A Word from our Founder

Hi! My name is Marcia Booth. I am a mom of one and step-mom of two who lives in Brevard County and is concerned about the use of our natural resources and the effects of that on our environment in general.

Our family embraces recycling and other kinds of conservation. We enjoy, appreciate, and respect nature. We understand that everything in this universe is connected and we need to take care of our world, starting at our home and our community.

I believe in our community and in the power of different people working together toward a common goal. My hope is that this initiative helps in the journey of making the world a more sustainable place for us all to live in.

Since there's no better time to start than now, let's take this journey together and make it happen!